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Interview with Agatha Burgess

Agatha Burgess

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Owner and proprietor of a home-style restaurant in Union, South Carolina, Burgess talks about how her business started, her customers, her meals-on-wheels programs, and her being interviewed by Charles Kuralt who originated the “On the Road” and “CBS Sunday Morning” series for CBS News Television.
Interview with Bertha Smith

Bertha Smith

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A missionary to China and Winthrop graduate of the class of 1913, Ms. Smith recalls her 42 years as a Baptist missionary to China, 1917-1959. Subjects include the Foreign Mission Board, training for missions work, working in China and Taiwan. She was an author of several inspirational books. She also reminisces about her years at Winthrop College and Dr. David B. Johnson. Dr. Glenn Thomas, Interim President of Winthrop College also talks with Ms. Smith.
Interview with Beatriz Simon

Beatriz Simon

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This recording includes information about foreign student life at Winthrop. The interviewee is from San Salvador, El Salvador and much information concerns her native country.
Interview with Gladys Talbert Barron

Gladys Talbert Barron

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This interview focuses on Ms. Barron’s memories of Winthrop College including Winthrop uniforms, the Blue Line, Morning Watch, YWCA, SGA, departmental clubs, Fine Arts Series, college chaperones, famous guests, rules, the Daisy Chain, Junior-Senior dance and the college farm.
Interview with Naomi Banks Bridges

Naomi Banks Bridges

In her December 6, 1980 interview with her daughter Kathryn Bridges, Naomi Banks Bridges describes her schooling, time at Winthrop, and the effects of World War II on her family. Bridges concludes her interview describing Christmas day and her family’s Christmas traditions. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Ethel Ayers Davis

Ethel Ayers Davis

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Mrs. Davis majored in Home Economics and graduated in 1923 with the first class to offer that major. She discusses her home extension work, Winthrop College in the early 1920s, teaching high school, working in Chester County as a Home Demonstration agent and the Chester School lunch program during the 1950s.
Interview with Bessie Garison

Bessie Garison

In December of 1980 and April 21, 1981, Anne Ledford and Susan Rippy interviewed Winthrop alumni and former faculty member Bessie Garison. Garison describes student life at Winthrop from 1908 until her graduation in 1912, as well as her memories of Winthrop’s training school. Garison discusses her memories of Winthrop’s founding, campus life, buildings, uniforms, and professors. Garison offers insights on changes made at Winthrop between her years as a student and when she began teaching in 1937. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Primavat Khutrakul

Primavat Khutrakul

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Subjects include social customs, economics, hobbies, politics, education, Winthrop and comparisons of the U.S. and his country.
Interview with Agnes Lawton

Agnes Lawton

In her November 13, 1980 interview with Lewis P. Armistead, Agnes Lawton relays her family history and career as a teacher. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Dorothy Maddox

Dorothy Maddox

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Maddox, a 1943 graduate of Winthrop, discusses life at Winthrop, including President Phelps’ administration, classes, rules and regulations, the World War II period, physical education and sports, the School of Education, buildings on campus, expenses, class traditions and social life.
Interview with Dorothy Rauch

Dorothy Rauch

In her April 30, 1980 interview with Jeff Clark, Dorothy Rauch recalls growing up on campus and attending Winthrop during the Great Depression. In particular, Rauch shares what it was like as a Day Student and the changes she witnessed on campus. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Frances Lander Spain

Frances Lander Spain

In her April 26, 1980 interview with Arnold M. Shankman, the 1925 graduate

of Winthrop University, Frances Lander Spain, discusses her life and accomplishments.

Spain goes into detail about her academic career prior to, during, and after her years at Winthrop, Emory University, and the University of Chicago. She discusses her work in the American Library Association, her library work in Thailand, as well as the contributions she made to the New York Public Library. In addition, Spain recounts more personal aspects of her life pertaining to her mother, husband-who had passed away by the time this interview took place, and the lives of her children.
Interview with Lonny Svantesson

Lonny Svantesson

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Subjects include social customs, economics, hobbies, politics, education, Winthrop and comparisons of the U.S. and their countries.
Interview with Lois Dean McLaughlin Taylor

Lois Dean McLaughlin Taylor

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Taylor, a Winthrop graduate, speaks of her experiences as a teacher in the Presbyterian Missionary School at Woodstock in the Himalayan Mountains in India during 1931-1939.
Interview with Susie Westbrook

Susie Westbrook

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Mrs. Westbrook, a 1927 graduate student of Winthrop College, talks about her student days at Winthrop, including the Winthrop Training School, teachers, uniforms, culture, entertainment and changes to the school.
Interview with Esther Pinck

Esther Pinck

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Pinck discusses her life in Russia and coming to America. She lived in Aiken, South Carolina for several years. She discusses here time at Winthrop, her friends and of difficulties of being a Jew. Much of the interview revolves around her family and of the problems that they encountered because of their faith.
Interview with Cynthia Plair Roddey

Cynthia P. Roddey

In her four interviews with Cynthia Wilson on January 22, 1979, James D. Mackey on April 29, 1981, Paul Finkelstein on September 4, 1994, and Robert Ryals on September 12, 2012, Cynthia Roddey shares her experiences at Winthrop from 1964-1967. Roddey details the process of applying to Winthrop, the reaction she received from the Winthrop and Rock Hill community, and her participation in student life. Roddey includes her insight on race relations today and her hopes for the future. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Carrie Jerome Anderson

Carrie Jerome Anderson

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Ms. Anderson discusses her early childhood and upbringing, education and life in Rock Hill. Subjects include farming, family life and her education at Winthrop College as a home economics major.
Interview with Emma Cooper Cockfield

Emma Cooper Cockfield

In her 1977 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Emma Cockfield describes her time as a student at Winthrop from 1910-1914. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Caroline Mayo Roueche

Caroline Mayo Roueche

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Ms. Roueche describes her experiences teaching in integrated schools, and experiences first as a high school student at the Winthrop Training School and then as a college student at Winthrop. Also discusses her grandmother and parents, her education, change of women’s roles, drugs, dating trends, and race relations.
Interview with Julia Mobley Irwin

Julia Mobley Irwin

In her November 9, 1976 interview with Sally Tyler, Julia Mobley Irwin details her life as a day student in the early 1900s. Irwin recalls her favorite classes, describes uniforms, insists that there was never a swimming pool at Winthrop, and relates the traditions of graduation week. Irwin also shares Benjamin Tillman's message to students at her 1904 graduation ceremony. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Janie May Carroll Rice

Janie May Carroll Rice

In her November 13, 1976 interview with Sara L. "Sally" Tyler, Janie May Carroll Rice expresses her love of Winthrop. Rice recalls President Johnson’s involvement with the students, and his desire to include religion in all aspects of campus life. Rice also defends the many rules and regulations of Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey

Arnetta Gladden Mackey

In her August 1975 interview with Martha Williams, the 1967 Winthrop graduate,

Arnetta Gladden Mackey, reminisces her time at the University. Mackey shares her experience coming to Winthrop as one of the first black students after the school integrated. Mackey recalls the reaction she received from students, faculty, and members of the Rock Hill community. Mackey finally lends her answer to the question of whether or not she would do it all over again. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Mary Denny Matthews

Mary Denny Matthews

In her April 21, 1975 interview with Ann Yarborough Evans, Mary Denny Matthews shares her experiences as a student from 1915-1919 and her career at Winthrop from 1920-1942. Matthews lends stories of student life and how WWI shaped Winthrop. Matthews also explains why she decided not to teach and instead have a career at Winthrop. Matthews concludes her interview with details on the strike at Winthrop for equal pay for women. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview with Sally Todd Bethea

Sally Todd Bethea

Sally Todd Bethea’s 1974 interview with Freida C. Todd focuses on life at Winthrop in the late 1930s and includes why Ms. Bethea attended Winthrop, teacher training, dorm life, uniforms, gym, the dining hall, assemblies, clubs, campus restrictions, entertainment, classes, Winthrop Training School, bible class, orientation, Shelton Phelps, the Depression, the college farm and ice cream, and Saturday night dances. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.